Newswell Studio

A browser-based newspaper layout tool, built to take small newsrooms off InDesign. It has three parts: a WordPress plugin that stores issues, layouts and ads; a Nuxt web editor for laying out pages; and a Slack bot for checking issue status without leaving chat.

In the editor, pages are built from drag-and-drop frames on a six-column newspaper grid. Articles come straight in from WordPress, ads are placed from inventory, and text flow is simulated so you can see what fits before you print. GPT-4 suggests headlines and trims articles to fit their frames. Finished pages export to print-ready PDF from the browser, with a preflight check first. Times of San Diego is the test site.